Climate averages 1991–2020
Zamboanga weather
in March.
A hot, wet month: the joint 2nd warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Zamboanga: daytime highs average 29.1°C and nights cool to about 25.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 108 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes March a wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 05 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jolo (152 km away). In March its highs average 27.9°C, 1.2°C cooler than Zamboanga, with 58 mm of rain.
Among the 151 cities listed in the Philippines, Zamboanga ranks joint 93rd of 151 for the warmest March highs and joint 97th of 151 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 151 cities is 29.5°C; Zamboanga is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 29.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 108 mm to 130 mm.
The annual picture
March in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Zamboanga climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.4°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 119 | 17.8 | 11.812 h |
| February | 28.7°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 99 | 14.6 | 11.912 h |
| March, selected | 29.1°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 108 | 18.4 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.4°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 130 | 22.6 | 12.312 h |
| May | 29.1°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 208 | 26.9 | 12.412 h |
| June | 28.5°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 247 | 26.2 | 12.513 h |
| July | 28.1°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 216 | 26.5 | 12.512 h |
| August | 28.3°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 192 | 24.8 | 12.312 h |
| September | 28.4°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 190 | 24.6 | 12.212 h |
| October | 28.4°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 244 | 27.2 | 12.012 h |
| November | 28.6°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 197 | 25.1 | 11.812 h |
| December | 28.5°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 157 | 23.1 | 11.712 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
March in nearby cities
- Jolo in MarchPhilippines · 152 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 25.6°C · 58 mm rain
- Pagadian in MarchPhilippines · 182 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 24.7°C · 45 mm rain
- Muricay in MarchPhilippines · 185 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 24.3°C · 45 mm rain
- Dipolog in MarchPhilippines · 231 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 24.6°C · 94 mm rain
- Ozamiz City in MarchPhilippines · 238 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 24.0°C · 119 mm rain
- Cotabato in MarchPhilippines · 242 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 24.4°C · 159 mm rain
- Sultan Kudarat in MarchPhilippines · 244 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 23.8°C · 159 mm rain
- Oroquieta in MarchPhilippines · 259 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 24.5°C · 128 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Zamboanga) is explained once on the Zamboanga year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.